Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) concentration is a 48-credit hour program that combines skills in primary care with community assessment, intervention, and management skills of community health nursing. It emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention, and the management of common acute and chronic illness across the lifespan. Students complete 645 hours of supervised clinical practice with nurse practitioners and primary care physicians and is tailored to the individual student's goals and program objectives.
Applicants to the Family Nurse Practitioner program must be graduates of either a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree or a non-nursing baccalaureate degree and an Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma and have at least two years of full-time clinical experience as a registered nurse by the first date of program enrollment..
FNP Focus
- Primary care across the lifespan
- Health promotion and disease prevention strategies
- Management of acute and chronic illnesses
- Community health assessment and intervention
- Application of evidence-based practice in clinical settings
- Collaboration within interdisciplinary healthcare teams
- Development of leadership and advanced clinical competencies
Certification & Licensure
- Graduates are eligible to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) exam and American Academy for Nurse Practitioner (AANP) certification examinations for the family nurse practitioner.
- The program meets the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty's curriculum guidelines.
- The curriculum also includes coursework required by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners (TxBON) to be qualified as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).
Degree Plans & Resources
Plan your degree path and monitor your academic progress using the tools below:
Contact Information
Program Information: Email Dr. Lisa Morris: at Lisa.Morris@austin.utexas.edu.
Admissions and Advising: Email Graduate Student Services Office at nugrad@mail.nur.utexas.edu.